Chase Middleton

Senior linebacker for Georgia State. 2018: 68 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

LB · Georgia State · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 235 lb · Lilburn, GA

Georgia State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 1926 nationally · Signed with Georgia State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Georgia State. 2018: 68 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia State, 179 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Georgia State3-star out of Brookwood

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1926 national

CFB

College

Georgia State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016

Trent Miles

Georgia State

2017–2018

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Trent Miles → Shawn Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Georgia State3-9HC: Trent Miles · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2017Georgia State7-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Balanced

2018Georgia State2-10HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (88th percentile). Strength: passes defended (83rd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#307 / 2662 · 88th pct

Passes defended#374 / 2662 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#532 / 2662 · 79th pct

Tackles for loss#1356 / 2662 · 45th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.5	0.3	0.0	0.3
Road6g	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.3	0.1	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Georgia State	68	32	2.0	0.0	4	--	--
2017	Georgia State	64	37	3.0	1.5	1	1	1
2016	Georgia State	47	26	2.5	2.0	1	--	--
Career		179	95	7.5	3.5	6	1	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 24–20

vs Kennesaw State

4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With B. Wright — 35 LONG · 100 PCT · 6 PTS · D. Ellington — 187 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 77 rush yds (18 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-20vs Kennesaw State	4	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-41@ NC State	12	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 3	L 22-59@ Memphis	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 15-34vs Western Michigan	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 46-14vs UL Monroe	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 20-37@ Troy	8	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 35-51@ Arkansas State	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 34-37vs Coastal Carolina	9	6	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 30-40vs Texas State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 22-36@ Louisiana	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-45@ App State	5	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 14-35vs Georgia Southern	6	2	1.5	—	0
Total		68	32	2.0	—	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays